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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Kirkham, Poulton-le-Fylde, Blackpool, Preston.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 277 collisions are on record, 4 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M55 itself, within 2 miles of J3. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M55 J3 → 2 of 3 junctions on the M55 · see where it ranks nationallyM55 J3 is at Kirkham & Wesham. National Highways signs it as Kirkham. The nearest town is Kirkham.
Live incidents for the whole M55 are listed on the M55 traffic page, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
Police STATS19 records show 19 collisions on the M55 within 2 miles of J3, including 1 fatal and 6 serious. Counting every road in the area, 277 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 303 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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